The lists of top books for 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001 are also available.
| Placed | Title | Author | Rank |
| First | The Flight of Dragons | Peter Dickinson | 146 |
| Second | Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes | 136 |
| Third | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | J. K. Rowling | 128 |
| Fourth | A Canticle for Leibowitz | Walter M. Miller | 126 |
| Fifth | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | C. S. Lewis | 125 |
| Sixth | Below the Root | Zilpha Keatley Snyder | 121 |
| Seventh | Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card | 120 |
| Eighth | The Gammage Cup | Carol Kendall | 117 |
| Eighth | The Silver Chair | C. S. Lewis | 117 |
| Tenth | The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | 116 |
| Tenth | A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L'Engle | 116 |
| Tenth | Fire and Hemlock | Diana Wynne Jones | 116 |
| Tenth | The Fellowship of the Ring | J. R. R. Tolkien | 116 |